Globular Cluster M4
esahubble_opo0210b April 24th, 2002
Credit: NOAO/AURA/NSF
This panoramic view of the globular cluster M4 was captured by The Kitt Peak National Observatory's 0.9-meter telescope in March 1995. The cluster hosts some highly interesting white dwarfs that can be used to age-date the Universe.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0210b/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- opo0210b
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4.2
- Subject Name
- M 4, Messier 4, NGC 6121
- Credits
- NOAO/AURA/NSF
- Release Date
- 2002-04-24T19:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0210b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 245.89609627, -26.5246778094
- Reference Dimension
- 1900.0, 1900.0
- Reference Pixel
- 950.0, 950.0
- Scale
- -0.000189109076877, 0.000189109076877
- Rotation
- 1.0400000000000003
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- opo0210b
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0210b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2003-12-09T17:20:05+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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